Welcome to Spring 2024!
Oak is a mixed Year 5/6 class. Here, you will find key information about our class: important timetable information, members of staff and information about what we are learning in class.
The teacher is Mrs Hatch. Mrs Whaley and Miss Evans are the LSAs in Oak Class.
Learning
Our Learning:
The New Year 2024 promises to be a very exciting time in school! As we begin the new term, we will make the most of the cold, crisp days and take some of our learning outside when it's dry.
As a class, we are very aware of the importance of looking after our mental well-being, especially during the busy run-up to our Year 6 SATs, and we always make time to gather for story time. We will be reading our brilliant new class book - 'Nic Blake and The Remarkables', which we are really looking forward to diving into.
Reading Superstars:
Reading is a fundamental skill that underpins so many other areas of the curriculum. It is incredibly important to read a wide variety of text types to improve your word knowledge, reading stamina and ultimately immerse yourself in the wonderful world of story telling.
Below, you will find our Long-Term Plan and other useful learning tools. The Long-Term Plan provides you with an overview of our learning throughout this academic year. If you have any further questions about our learning, please don’t hesitate to ask.
P.E and Other Activities
Our P.E day is every Wednesday, but we may have additional opportunities to work and enjoy the fresh air. All P.E lessons will be carried out in a safe way that adheres to all of the guidelines that we must follow. Our P.E lessons will occur weekly on a timetable and will consist of a range of learning that will take place both indoors and outdoors! P.E kits must be brought into school on a Monday and this will need to stay in school all week.
Protecting the Environment
In our Geography sessions we will be building up the knowledge and skills needed to answer our key enquiry question - 'To what extent are humans damaging our world?' We will be investigating energy production; exploring the World's oceans and minerals, as well as conducting an enquiry into how our school can become more sustainable.
Hi Oak Class! As requested, I have left my Division video for you to watch. Keep practising with your division strategies, which we will be looking at just before half term. Have a look and see if you can copy my working out. Enjoy, Mrs Hatch 👍🏼
TOOL KITS
Below will also find some really helpful Maths and Writing Tool Kits, which can be used to help you with your online learning.
MATHS TASKS
The Top Marks Addition and Subtraction tasks are brilliant and some of them have an extra spooky theme for Halloween! Based on the brilliant Maths you've done over the last couple of weeks, I would like you to have a go at some of them, challenge yourself and practise building up speed and accuracy in Addition and Subtraction.
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/7-11-years/addition-and-subtraction
LITERACY TASKS
Follow the link below for some spooky Halloween Spelling and Grammar exercises. Remember to challenge yourself as you build up speed and accuracy.
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/english-games/7-11-years/spelling-and-grammar
Reading at home
Reading is a fundamental skill and it is incredibly important to continue to read a wide variety of books at home. Whether you are learning from home or in school, it is important to read as much as possible to improve your reading stamina, develop your word knowledge and ultimately enjoy immersing yourself in the wonderful world of story telling.
On the website, there is now a dedicated folder to 'Reading'. It is under 'Parents' and then 'Reading'. This page explains about the Oxford Reading Scheme and gives yourself and your adults useful tips on how to support reading at home. It has some fantastic suggestions of questions to ask when reading at home and offers guidance for parents to feedback to teachers about their child's reading.
PE will be outdoors as much as possible, so we will have chance to practise our athletic skills and ball handling skills as much as possible before the colder weather sets in!
Reading Superstars are always checked weekly by our LSAs.
To become a Reading Superstar - you must read 3 times to yourself in school, 3 times at home and 3 times to an adult at home to reach the superstar goal! There are prizes for children that reach this target every week in a half-term and also termly so get reading!
Unfortunately not the ones with chocolate chips.
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